what are the career options for girls with a CA degree/background ?
Firstly, Congratulations on clearing one of the Best degrees - C.A.
Coming to career options. CAs do have lot of future career options. For eg, CPA, CFA, MBA, LLB (masters), Start-ups, jobs in industry, consulting.
Since, you have clearly mentioned not doing audit & accounting field. Middle East offers lot of opportunities in this field (Singapore, Australia and Canada does have quite a few).
What others options you have - Core finance (Invt banking, Private Equity mainly), Tax, Law, Advisory.
From above options, Law and tax - almost all countries have their regulations - Need to obtain country specific degree.
Core finance - MBA from one of the top B-schools (look for Ivy leagues - universities, if possible) will be really good option. I would personally prefer this.
CFA - niche profile, CFA is mainly focused towards Wealth Management. Now, if you want to make career in this profile, you can definitely do it and it is recognized all over the world as reputed degree. I have myself completed CFA. You can get job abroad in this field, however, you need to have some prior experience in this field. if you are in this field, you can start looking for jobs in abroad - my choice of countries - Singapore, USA, China.
If you are not in that field, please start looking for opportunities in that field in India / your home country.
I hope this clarifies.
Also, all companies registered under the Companies act need to get their accounts audited only by a practicing CA. And so you may also join a CA firm or start your own practice.
Finally, no professional course is meant for a boy or a girl, it is meant for anyone with good knowledge and interest in that particular field.
You can even in clases it pays you well and the timings are also very flexible.
as charted accountant is one of the most professional and diffcult course than any ither courses. and this is the most cheapest course among all. and for gorls or boys this course is good fpor everyone if you have set your mind . i must suggest you to go for this. it has a good scope and a good packages also. all the best.
Hello Rashmi,
The opportunities after completing CA are enormous. You can join the corporate world, professional firms, banking sector or start your own practice. And all the jobs are very safe and suitable for girls. These are some options you can explore after completing CA:
1.Join corporate world: After completing CA, you will easily bang a place in any corporate. Most of the companies require CAs to handle their finance. The work can range from taxation to auditing to investment.
2. Join professional firms: Every CA has a dream to fetch a place in these top professional firms- KPMG, EnY, Pwc, Deloitte. These firms provide good exposure and diversified work.
3. Start your own practice: The best thing about this course is that you can start your own practice and enter into the world of enterpenureship.
4. Bang a job in PSUs: Every year Public Sector Undertaking conduct exams for the qualified CAs. You can appear for the exams and grad ajob in top PSUs.
5. Banking Sector: All the banks require experts who can handle their finance and investments. They are always on hunt for good professionals like CA etc..Working in banking sector opens a lot many doors for you.
Hope this helps. Thank you.
